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1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...

)(''Zürich Sport'')) , AustralianOpenseniorresult = , FrenchOpenresult = 3R (1929, 1931, 1932, 1935) , Wimbledonresult = 3R (1934) , USOpenresult = , Othertournaments = , MastersCupresult = , doublesrecord = , doublestitles = , highestdoublesranking = , AustralianOpenDoublesresult = , FrenchOpenDoublesresult = F (1935) , WimbledonDoublesresult = 1R (1931, 1934) , USOpenDoublesresult = , OthertournamentsDoubles = , MastersCupDoublesresult = , OlympicsDoublesresult = , Mixed = , mixedtitles = , mixedrecord = , AustralianOpenMixedresult = , FrenchOpenMixedresult = 2R (1930) , WimbledonMixedresult = QF (1931) , USOpenMixedresult = Ida Adamoff ( rus, Ида Адамова, p=ˈidə ɐˈdaməvə: – 5 June 1993) was a French tennis player active in the 1930s. Adamoff reached the doubles final at the 1935 French Championships with

Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling Hildegard "Hilde" Krahwinkel Sperling ( née Krahwinkel; 26 March 1908 – 7 March 1981) was a German tennis player who became a dual-citizen after marrying Dane Svend Sperling in December 1933. She won three consecutive singles titles at the F ...

but were defeated in the final by Margaret Scriven and Kay Stammers in two straight sets. Her best singles performance at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the third round at the

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, in 1929, 1931, 1932 and 1935, and at the

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in 1934. In 1931 she reached the quarterfinals of the mixed doubles event at Wimbledon with Enrique Maier. In 1930 Adamoff won the singles title at the Championships of Spain and successfully defended her title in 1931. She defeated Cilly Aussem and

Lucia Valerio Lucia Valerio (; 28 February 1905 – 26 September 1996) was an Italian female tennis player who was active from the late 1920s through 1940. Valerio's father taught her to play tennis on the court at their home. Before settling on tennis, sh ...

at the Lenz Cup in

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, Italy in October. In June 1931 she won the singles event at the Berlin Championships followed up in July with a victory at the Dutch Championships in

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where she beat Toni Schomburgk in the final. In 1932 she added the Romanian and Italian Championships singles titles to her resume. In July 1933 Adamoff won the doubles title at the Dutch Championships with Mrs. Burke. In 1930 she was ranked no. 2 in France behind Simonne Mathieu. She married

Claude Bourdet Claude Bourdet (28 October 1909 – 20 March 1996) was a writer, journalist, polemist, and militant French politician. Peronal life Bourdet was a son of the dramatic author Édouard Bourdet and the poet Catherine Pozzi, was born and died in Pari ...

in 1935 and had two sons and a daughter.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles

;Runners-up (1)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Adamoff, Ida French female tennis players 1910 births 1993 deaths Tennis players from Moscow Emigrants from the Russian Empire to France 20th-century French women